Blacking-box case.



A. WARD.

BLACKING BOX CASE.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 1s, 1912.

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A. WARD.

BLAGKING BOX CASE.

APPLIOATION FILED Nov. 1a, 1912.

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COLUMBIA PMNOURAPH CD., WASHINGTON. D. c.

ALFRED WARD, OF PORT HURON, MICHIGAN.

BLACKING-BOX CASE.

Lorient.

Speccation of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '7, 1913.

Application filed November 18, 1912. Serial No. 732,154.

To all whom z't may concern.' t

Be it known that I, ALFRED WARD, a c1t1- Zen of the United States,residing at Port Huron, in the county of St. Clair and State ofMichigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBlacking-Box Cases; and 1 do declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othersskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in blacking box cases and in thepresent embodiment is shown as a holder for shoe polish and as having inconnection therewith a dauber and a polisher.

One object of the invention is to provide a blacking box case of thischaracter having an improved construction and arrangement of polish boxsupport provided with a box engaging cover which opens and closesautomatically when the support is drawn out of and pushed back into theholder.

Another object is to provide a blacking box case which is adapted toserve as a back and handle for the polisher carried thereby.

Vith these and other objects in view, the invention consists of certainnovel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement ofparts as will be more fully described and claimed. Y

1n the accompanying drawings; Figure 1 is a perspective view of myimproved polish holder; Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal sectional viewthrough one side of the holder taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 5; Fig. 3is a central vertical longitudinal section of the holder with thepolishing box support in a projected or operative position and theautomatically operated box cover open; Fig. 4L is a plan view of theinner portion of the body of the holder with the top or outer sectionthereof removed; Fig. 5 is a vertical cross sectional View taken on theline 6-6 of Fig. 2.

My improved blacking box case comprises a body which may be of anysuitable size and shape and which preferably consists of an innersection 1 and an outer or top section 2 which is secured to the innersection in any suitable manner. The inner sides of the inner and outersections 1 and 2 of the body of the casing are recessed for a suitabledistance at one end of the holder to form a compartment 3 adapted toreceive the polish box support l and polish box 5 carried thereby.

The polish box support 4 comprises a shallow tray which is here shownand preferably conforms to the shape of the end of the body with whichthe tray is engaged. The tray is secured at its inner end in anysuitable manner to inwardly extending guiding and supporting rods 6which are slidably engaged with guide passages 7 in the body 1 adjacentto the sides thereof as shown. 0n the outer end of the tray 4 ispreferably secured a flexible tab 8 by means of which the tray or thebox support may be readily drawn out of the compartment 3 and pushedback therein. In the bottom of the tray is formed an aperture 9 and cutand struck up from the bottom of the tray near its inner end areupwardly projecting box engaging lugs 10 between which and the flange orside of the tray is secured the polish box 5. The lugs 10 are preferablyarranged in such positions with respect to the flange or side of thetray as to firmly hold the polish box in place. When it is desired toremove the empty polish box from the support the same may be pushed outfrom the-bottom of the tray by engaging the box through the opening 9 inthe bottom of the tray as will be readily understood.

Hinged at its inner edge to the inner end of the tray or support 4 is abox cover 11 which is preferably in the form of a flat platecorresponding in shape and size to the tray and is adapted to swing downinto engagement with the upper edge of the polish box carried by thetray. Arranged on the outer side of the cover 11 near its side edges anda suitable distance from its pivotally connected inner end are eyes 12with which are loosely connected the outer ends of cover opening rods 13which extend back through passages 14C in the upper section of the bodyof the holder and are slidably engaged with combined guiding eyes andstops 15 which are secured in the lower section of the body and are4disposed at suitable positions in the passages 141. On the inner endsof the rods 13 are knobs 16 which when the tray or support 1 is drawnout of the compartment 3 will engage the eye 15 which will preventfurther outward movement of the rods, so that on the continued outwardmovement of the tray or support the rods will pull upon and swing thecover 11 upetV veo

`these openings. Vsection 1 1 s secured a pohsher 21, thus comwardly andrearwardly to an open position as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawings thereby uncovering the tray and the box of polish carriedthereby.

l/Vhen suiiicient polish has been removed from the box the tray orsupport 4L is pushed back'into the compartment 3 which movement of thetray will bring the cover 11 into engagement withV the outer edge of theupper portion of the compartment 3,.so

jtion, the sections 1 and 2 are'shown as having openings 17 and 18 whichareV adapted to form a receptacle for the head and handle of the daubcr19. A cover 2O closes To the lower surface of bining in av singlecompact article the three elements, the dauber, the. blacking box andthe polisher.

' From' the foregoing kdescription taken in Y connection with theaccompanying vdrawings, the construction .and operation of the inventionwill be readily understood without requiring a more extendedexplanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion and the minor details ofconstruction may be resorted' to without departing from the principle orsacriiicing any of the advantages of the invention as shown.

-Having thus described my invention, what l claim is:

1. A; blacking box case comprising a body having in one end acompartment, a polish box supporting tray removably engaged with saidcompartment, .tray supporting rods having a sliding engagement with saidbody whereby the tray is supported in an operative position when drawnfrom said compartment, a cover hingedly connected with said tray, andmeans whereby the cover is automatically*swungfto open and closedpositions when the tray is drawn out and pushed back into saidcompartment.

2. A blacking box case comprising a body .having in one end acompartment, a polish box supporting tray removably engaged 4with saidcompartment, means toV support the-tray when withdrawn from said com- Ypartment, a cover plate hinged to said tray,

cover opening rods slidably mounted in said body-and having a looseconnection at their outer endswith said oover,knobs carried by the innerends of said rods and combined guide members and stops to Vreceive vandguide said rodsand to form stops' with which the' knobs on the ends oftherods are engaged' wheny the tray is drawn out of the compartmentwhereby the rods will swing the cover upwardly to'v an' open position,said cover being closed by the engagement therewith with the end of thebody when the tray p is pushed back into said* compartment.

8. A device of the characterset forth comprising a body having acompartment with an openA end, a tray to slide-into and out of thecompartment, a cover for the tray,

and means actuated by the movement of the tray to lift the covertherefrom when it is drawn out of the compartment.

4. A device of' the character set Vforth comprisinga body having acompartment with an open end, a tray to slide into and o-utof. thecompartment, a cover hingedto the tray and means actuated by thevmovement of the tray, whereby the cover' will be lifted whenl the trayis drawn out of the compartment.

5. 'A device of the character set forth comprising a bodyhaving acompartment with an open end, a tray toslide intoY and out ofy thecompartment, a cover hinged to the tray, and actuating rods for thecover connected at one end to it adjacent its hinge, the opposite endsof the rod being connected to the body. l

1n testimony whereof I have hereuntoset my hand in presence of twosubscribing wit- HGSSGS.

l/Vitnesses:

J. C. ROBINSON, L. A. 1YVELTY.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing'the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C.

ALFRED wann.

